Citations, Orders, and SafeguardsPlease Note: The Coteau Properties Company has been the current operator since 8/1/1978

Year

104(a)

ProposedPenalties ($)

Current Penalties ($)

Amount PaidTo Date ($)

1995

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

1996

3

278.00

278.00

278.00

1997

1

50.00

50.00

50.00

1998

1

55.00

55.00

55.00

1999

3

165.00

165.00

165.00

2000

1

55.00

55.00

55.00

2001

4

165.00

165.00

165.00

2002

8

440.00

440.00

440.00

2003

1

60.00

60.00

60.00

2004

7

800.00

800.00

800.00

2005

5

300.00

300.00

300.00

2006

3

406.00

406.00

406.00

2007

10

6,580.00

6,580.00

6,580.00

2008

2

200.00

200.00

200.00

2009

2

1,046.00

1,046.00

1,046.00

2010

3

308.00

308.00

308.00

Note: Vacated Citations are not included in any reports on the DRS.

Injuries, Hours Worked, and Production Totals

Injuries, Hours Worked, and Production TotalsPlease Note: The Coteau Properties Company has been the current operator since 8/1/1978

Year

Fatal OperatorInjuries

NFDL OperatorInjuries

Fatal ContractorInjuries

NFDL ContractorInjuries

Operator HoursWorked*

Coal Produced (tons)

Operator FatalIncidence Rate**

Operator NFDLIncidence Rate**

Mine TypeNational FatalIncidence Rate**

Mine TypeNational NFDLIncidence Rate**

1995

0

4

0

1

846,400

15,112,270

0.00

0.95

0.0232

2.71

1996

0

8

0

1

876,845

15,624,702

0.00

1.82

0.0082

2.33

1997

0

2

0

0

861,818

15,874,590

0.00

0.46

0.0111

2.37

1998

0

3

0

0

844,725

16,367,511

0.00

0.71

0.0057

2.25

1999

0

1

0

0

827,400

15,530,172

0.00

0.24

0.0309

2.07

2000

0

2

0

1

827,337

16,125,847

0.00

0.48

0.0233

2.24

2001

0

3

0

0

836,056

15,779,220

0.00

0.72

0.0090

2.13

2002

0

4

0

2

863,990

15,653,071

0.00

0.93

0.0180

2.29

2003

0

0

0

1

848,025

15,928,841

0.00

0.00

0.0290

1.94

2004

0

0

0

1

840,488

15,208,281

0.00

0.00

0.0121

1.76

2005

0

1

0

1

825,812

15,007,352

0.00

0.24

0.0028

1.49

2006

0

0

0

0

830,307

15,243,391

0.00

0.00

0.0189

1.35

2007

0

0

0

1

864,548

14,955,989

0.00

0.00

0.0194

1.38

2008

0

3

0

2

865,471

14,565,631

0.00

0.69

0.0102

1.25

2009

0

1

0

1

907,161

15,046,737

0.00

0.22

0.0107

1.23

2010

0

0

0

1

228,145

3,979,118

-

-

-

-

* Hours worked and accidents & injuries now include office hours or accidents (subunit 99).** Current rates are based on data available as of 2009 Quarter 4. For a further explanation, please see this.

ND fines mining company for water disposal problem – BusinessWeek

The North Dakota Public Service Commission has fined the owners of the Freedom Mine $1000 for illegally dumping runoff water outside of its permit area. The dumping occurred in June. $750 of the $1000 fine was for negligence.

Central ND coal mine reclamation being abandoned – BusinessWeek

By DALE WETZEL – BISMARCK, N.D. – September 15, 2010

A major coal mine land reclamation project in central North Dakota is being abandoned over a dispute about how much a contractor should be paid for doing the earth work, Public Service Commissioner Kevin Cramer said Wednesday.

Smith Contracting, of Butte, Mont., bid $1.22 million to reclaim about 150 acres of abandoned mine land in Ward County, about seven miles southwest of Velva, commission filings say. It is part of a larger area, covering about 1,100 acres, that must be reclaimed, commission documents say.

ND coal-drying plant passes first large-scale test – BusinessWeek

Operators of a coal drying plant in southwestern North Dakota said the new factory has passed its first commercial-scale test using 450 tons of low-grade lignite from New Zealand.

Robert French, the chief executive officer of GTL Energy USA Ltd., said the plant near South Heart successfully removed 65 percent of the water from the low-quality lignite, allowing it to burn cleaner and produce more than 40 percent additional energy.

“The technology has been proven at the South Heart plant,” French said of the factory, which was completed in March after about 15 months of construction.